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| katielou
| | Joined: 04 Oct 2009 | | Posts: 1 | | Location: Minneapolis, MN |
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 Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 10:58 am Post subject: Getting Started |
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| Hello everyone! I am extremely interested in doing a figure competition but just don't know where to start. (I don't even know where to look for competition to enter!) I live in Minneapolis and am looking for a trainer or even simply a mentor who can help guide me in the right direction. I have been working out by myself for a long time and have been researching workouts and nutrition and it's all so overwhelming and confusing! The biggest hurdle I face is that I am currently unemployed so I can't afford to pay $100+ per session with a trainer so I don't know what to do! Any suggestions/recommendations woudl be appreciated! |
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| indigobunting
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Hi there. I think one of the biggest mistakes people who want to compete make is not picking a show date once they decide. This leaves their training rather unfocused. Do you want to do a drug tested show or not? I would be happy to help you with finding a show if you have trouble. You can look at the websites for NGA, INBF, NPC, OCB for starters. There are a lot more than that.
The process of competing does cost money. Joining the federation you are going to compete in, a suit (you can buy used and save money), shoes, often travel, tanning products, typically supplements. Finding a trainer would be very beneficial. You dn't necessarily want to do sessions with a tariner at the gym though. Find someone who has experience with fiure comeptitions who can guide you through the whole process. Some are real expensive, but others aren't.
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| Anne-Marie
| | Joined: 11 Feb 2004 | | Posts: 373 | | Location: Nieuwegein, Utrecht, Netherlands |
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| Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 9:24 am Post subject: |
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I am *somewhat* toying with the idea of setting a goal of competing - I may not even be eligible to compete in Holland etc etc... but I do have a couple of questions.
Why tanning and why 4" heels? is there a reason?
Gotta tell you, at almost 6" tall since I was 12, I have NEVER been interested in such high heels, and my natural pasty-white complexion is much happier without burns or freckles - and a (former) friend of mine has early-onset leather-look due to tanning. I do tan eventually in the summer, but it is really hardly noticeable compared to the rest of society and plus it is really just freckles that are noticed, not the underlying "tan" anyway. |
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| indigobunting
| | Joined: 22 Sep 2003 | | Posts: 1303 | | Location: Maine, USA |
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| Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 2:57 pm Post subject: |
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| Anne-Marie wrote: | I am *somewhat* toying with the idea of setting a goal of competing - I may not even be eligible to compete in Holland etc etc... but I do have a couple of questions.
Why tanning and why 4" heels? is there a reason?
Gotta tell you, at almost 6" tall since I was 12, I have NEVER been interested in such high heels, and my natural pasty-white complexion is much happier without burns or freckles - and a (former) friend of mine has early-onset leather-look due to tanning. I do tan eventually in the summer, but it is really hardly noticeable compared to the rest of society and plus it is really just freckles that are noticed, not the underlying "tan" anyway. |
Stage lights wash you out terribly, and tanning shows off your muscle definition. You do not have to tan in a tanning bed. I never did. I'm all set with skin cancer. You can use a self tanner or spray on tan as a base, and then show day you put on several coats of a very dark tanner such as dream tan. Heels also help bring out definition. Not using a very dark tanner or wearing heels will likely cause point deductions. |
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